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Chemical Recycling Online Workshop

Wednesday 8 November 2023 13:30 - 17:00 GMT / 14:30 - 18:00 CET | Online 

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About the workshop

Hear from key industry leaders, polymer producers, waste management, brand owners, end users and other stakeholders. The interactive workshop will be driven by debate, conversation, learning and will provide an exclusive opportunity to find out more about and explore the future of different chemical recycling technologies and developments pushing chemical recycling to the forefront of the circular economy.

This interactive workshop will provide an exclusive opportunity for the entire value chain to find out more about and discuss the following topics:

  • Global market trends and drivers
  • European policy: Finalisation of policy and regulations in Europe around plastic waste and recycled content
  • Industry perspective: Current state of play, view of market developments, growing to scale, challenges and opportunities
  • Status of the mass balance chain of custody inclusion in policy with the right allocation methods when applying mass balance
  • Third party certification for chemically recycled content attribution: Current state and new developments
  • New advanced recycling technologies and business concepts
  • End user perspectives - chemical recycling, the solution for flexible packaging circularity
  • Panel discussion: Minimum recycled content targets versus (member state) recycling targets - will they match?

Who should attend?

Everyone who is affected by this perhaps new road to recycling i.e. brand owners, converters, technology providers, material suppliers, regulators, NGOs, academics and more...

Provisional workshop agenda


13:30 Introduction by workshop moderators:

Joachim Quoden, Lawyer and Managing Director, EXPRA, Europe

Dr. Gerald Rebitzer, Sustainability Director, Amcor

13:40 Market trends and developments in chemical recycling

Alexander Röder, Climate & Production Director, Plastics Europe

14:00 European policy: Finalisation of policy and regulations in Europe around plastic waste and recycled content

Dr. Pelayo Garcia-Gutierrez, Policy Officer, European Commission – Joint Research Centre

14:20 An industry perspective

Dr. Gerald Rebitzer, Sustainability Director, Amcor

14:40 Current discussions of mass balance & chemical recycling in upcoming EU regulations

  • Relevant upcoming EU regulations for CR
  • Mass balance as one of the key tools for the circular transformation of the chemical industry
  • Status of mass balance in upcoming EU regulations

Christian Krueger, Head of Advocacy Chemical Recycling, BASF

15:00 Certification for the circular economy and the integration of chemical recycling via mass balance approaches

  • Introduction of ISCC PLUS system
  • Mass balance and attribution approaches – current status, recognition, and way ahead
  • Benefits of certification and the use of logos and claims by brand owner

Jan M. Dr. Henke, Managing Director, ISCC System GmbH

15:20 Networking break

15:35 New advanced recycling technologies and business concepts

Chantal Semaan, Application Technology Manager CP, Borealis

15:55 Presentation title to be confirmed

Arjan Gerrits, Sustainability Commercial Lead, Shell

16:15 Panel discussion and Q&A: Minimum recycled content targets versus (member state) recycling targets - will they match?

Panellists:

  • Adrian Sen, Sr. Packaging Sustainability & Innovation Manager, Colgate-Palmolive
  • Jan Henke, Managing Director, ISCC System GmbH
  • Monica Battistella, Sustainability Manager, Taghleef Industries
  • Richard Akkermans, European R&D Packaging Sustainability Manager, Mondelez International
  • Nestor Garcia, Associate Principal Technologist, Mondelez International
  • Dr. Pelayo Garcia-Gutierrez, Policy Officer, European Commission – Joint Research Centre

17:00 Wrap-up

17:15 End of workshop

Ticket Price:  €349+VAT

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